University of Miami President Donna Shalala, who served as chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1987 to 1993, says she will retire next year.
Former UW chancellor Shalala to retire from Miami
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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UW-Madison in at number 13 among public schools in U.S. News’ listing
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The annual U.S. News Best College rankings has as many critics as fans, but its release always creates a buzz among alumni, parents, and prospective students eager to compare schools as a new academic year begins.
LFB: Declining revenue pushes structural deficit projection to $1.8 billion
Declining state revenues are expected to push the state?s structural deficit to almost $1.8 billion for the 2015-17 biennium, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau reported Monday.
University of Miami President Donna Shalala announces she will retire in 2015
Miami Herald
Fourteen years ago, Donna Shalala took the reins of a school in transition. The University of Miami boasted growing prestige, but was still working to shed its party-school ?Suntan U? reputation.
U.S. Science Suffering From Booms And Busts In Funding
NPR News
Ten years ago, Robert Waterland got an associate professorship at Baylor College of Medicine and set off to study one of the nation?s most pressing health problems: obesity. In particular, he?s been trying to figure out the biology behind why children born to obese women are more likely to develop the condition themselves.
Walker, Burke have clear contrasts on education
Madison.com
Their views on education reveal deeper philosophical divides about the role of government, said Michael Apple, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who studies educational policies. Walker strongly advocates for increasing funding for private education, such as schools in the voucher program, which is consistent with his belief in the need to limit the size and roll of government, Apple said. That approach worries public schools, Apple said … Burke?s proposed policies would be more favorable for public schools and the University of Wisconsin System, but she needs to do more to get the message out to voters, Apple said.
UW-Madison police arrest sexual assault suspect
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a sexual assaults on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, UW police said Friday.
Video: Chancellor Rebecca Blank hails UW’s student-athlete program
Madison.com
In a meeting with the Wisconsin State Journal editorial board, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank talks about the success of UW?s “student-athlete” program in putting the emphasis on student while still winning games.
NCAA needs higher standard for student athletes
Wisconsin State Journal
Who has the best college football team on and off the field?
Peace Corps Volunteer Uses Field Hockey to Empower Girls in Uganda
PeaceCorps.gov
Peace Corps volunteer Lindsay Carrera of Hartland, Wisconsin, is empowering local Ugandan girls and improving their health through sports. Since June, Carrera has been working with 30 secondary school students ages 12-14 to form the region?s first female field hockey teams.
Mark Pocan bill seeks to boost federal research funding to ‘next generation’ scientists
Capital Times
?We have to make sure new researchers are not leaving the field,? Pocan said Wednesday at UW-Madison?s Waisman Center as he announced the introduction of the Next Generation Research Act.
UW-Madison student?s cancer research lights up social media
Capital Times
A short Vine loop that features a headline about sophomore Keven Stonewall in the New York Daily News received more than a half-million views last week. But the microbiology student?s research on a colon cancer vaccine has been attracting media attention for a while.
Demand for student apartments waning in Madison
Isthmus
From Les Orosz?s point of view, you?d be crazy to break ground on another student apartment project in Madison right now.
MGE, Wisconsin Energy create joint venture, may bid for state plants
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Two Wisconsin utility companies that previously expressed interest in buying state-owned power and heating plants have formed a joint venture that will consider bidding for them.
U.S. Colleges See Little Risk From Ebola, but Depend on Students to Speak Up
New York Times
Quoted: ?We basically ask people to advise us if they become ill,? said Craig M. Roberts, an epidemiologist with the University of Wisconsin?s student health service and chairman of the American College Health Association?s task force on emerging health threats.
Proactive Relations: Everett Mitchell Helps UW-Madison Interface with Madison
Capital City Hues
Since coming to Madison in the early 2000s, Everett Mitchell, the UW-Madison director of community relations, has seen many sides to the Madison-Dane County community. Through his work at Madison-area Urban Ministry, Mitchell worked with ex-offenders and inmates housed at Oakhill as well as with their children. He also saw the other side of the community through his work with United Way of Dane County, 100 Black Men of Madison and as an assistant district attorney.
State faces $281 million budget shortfall
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin tax collections for the past year came in 2 percent short of estimates, the state Department of Revenue reported Thursday, news that won?t require immediate emergency action by the Legislature but that puts the state?s budget on track to be out of balance next year.
MGE considers buying the rest of UW campus power plant
MGE Energy has entered into a joint venture with Wisconsin Energy, Milwaukee, to consider bidding on power plant assets owned by the state. That could include the UW-Madison?s West Campus cogeneration plant, on Walnut Street, according to a document filed by the Madison utility company with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Tax collections fall $218 million short of estimates
Wisconsin Radio Network
Democrats see problems for Governor Walker in the latest state revenue estimates. Revenues are off by $281 million for 2014, according to tax collection numbers released by the state Department of Revenue.
UW construction projects starting to wrap up
Madison.com
With thousands of students moving into dorm rooms on the UW-Madison campus this week, construction workers are scrambling to finish projects sprucing up the surroundings.
Madison police release sketch of sexual assault suspect
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison police have released a sketch of a suspect in a recent sexual assault near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in which a woman woke up in her apartment to a stranger touching her.
UW flu researcher details global implications of his work
WisBusiness.com
Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a UW-Madison researcher whose work with dangerous influenza strains made headlines this summer, says his work is not only extremely safe, but also has important implications for global health.
Move in days for UW Madison students
WIBA Newsradio
The streets will be buzzing downtown Madison on Wednesday, because it?s that time of the year again.
Madison man arrested in bar time sexual assault near UW-Madison campus
Wisconsin State Journal
Police used surveillance video and undercover officers to arrest a Madison man investigators believe sexually assaulted a 21-year-old woman in a campus-area parking lot early Wednesday.
Arrest made in 1 of 3 suspected sexual assaults near UW-Madison campus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison police have made an arrest in one of three sexual assaults by strangers reported last week near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Olver looks to future growth as he preps to helm Madison’s University Research Park
WisBusiness.com
Aaron Olver, who will take over as head of University Research Park next month, says he?ll be working over the next year on an updated strategic blueprint as URP?s new site gears up for business.
UW regents OK $95 million budget request
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin System?s Board of Regents has approved asking Gov. Scott Walker for $95 million in additional tax dollars in the next state budget.
UW regents OK $95 million budget request
WKOW-TV 27
The University of Wisconsin System?s Board of Regents has approved asking Gov. Scott Walker for $95 million in additional tax dollars in the next state budget.
UW regents OK $95 million budget increase request
Madison.com
MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? The University of Wisconsin System?s regents on Thursday approved asking Gov. Scott Walker for $95 million in additional tax dollars in the state?s next two-year budget after system President Ray Cross assured them the money would help boost the state?s economy.
Physicians Plus drops complaint against Unity
Wisconsin State Journal
Physicians Plus has withdrawn a complaint with the state alleging that Unity Health Plans and UW Health illegally restrained competition for health insurance in south-central Wisconsin.
Uw System Regents Ok Budget Hike Request Section
MADISON (AP) ? The University of Wisconsin System?s regents on Thursday approved asking Gov. Scott Walker for $95 million in additional tax dollars in the state?s next two-year budget after system President Ray Cross assured them the money would help boost the state?s economy.
UW System President Asks For Funding To Start ”Talent Development Initiative’
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross says more resources are needed to transform the state?s higher education system into a bigger driver of the state?s economy, a request that comes at a time when Gov. Scott Walker says no new revenues will be available.
UW Board approves $95 million request
Wisconsin Radio Network
University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approves a request for an additional $95 million in the next two-year state budget.
UW plans to ask for $95 million boost in next budget
Wisconsin State Journal
New University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross plans to ask lawmakers for a $95 million funding increase in the next two-year budget cycle to pay for some new initiatives and continue others that he said will help power up the statewide system?s economic development engine.
UW System seeks $95.2 million boost in state funding
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin System would seek a $95.2 million boost in state funding for a new initiative to more closely align education and research with the economic needs of the state, under a biennial budget proposal from UW System President Ray Cross.
UW wants $95 million increase in next state budget
AP
University of Wisconsin System officials want Gov. Scott Walker to give them an additional $95 million in tax dollars in the next state budget to fund a new plan to create jobs, boost graduation numbers and deal with a tuition freeze.
UW Regents contemplate requesting $95 million in state budget
Wisconsin Radio Network
The UW Board of Regents could decide today whether to ask for another $95 million in the next two-year state budget.
UW primate research plans prompt renewed County Board opposition
Capital Times
Plans by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers to resume maternal deprivation experiments on monkeys has prompted renewed opposition on the Dane County Board.
Sparrows? humble lives prove a transformative lesson in resilience
Capital Times
Former investigative reporter Trish O?Kane wrote in The New York Times recently how focusing on the daily activities of sparrows helped her regain her footing after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans in 2005. … Today O?Kane is a doctoral candidate in environmental studies at the Gaylord Nelson Institute of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she teaches basic ornithology.
UW-Madison researcher testing noninfectious Ebola strain for possible treatment
Wisconsin State Journal
A prominent UW-Madison scientist is studying the Ebola virus on campus.Yoshihiro Kawaoka, who is better known for flu research, is conducting two types of Ebola studies, said Rebecca Moritz, a campus biosafety manager.
Madison nursing program expansions could help offset forecasted shortage
Wisconsin State Journal
The $53 million building, to be dedicated Saturday and open for classes next month, won?t only teach students differently. It will teach more of them, in an effort to help offset a projected shortage of nearly 23,500 nurses in Wisconsin by 2035.
UW Health changes driven by partnerships
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Health plans to combine its hospital and doctor group into one organization to more easily form partnerships with other health care systems, the leader of the doctor group said Thursday.
UW campuses in region expect to hit enrollment targets
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
Though local UW schools received fewer applications than last year, representatives of UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stout and UW-River Falls said those schools are on track to meet this year?s admissions goals.
UW-Madison geologists go miles deep in quest to predict earthquakes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
To understand earthquakes, scientists have hatched an audacious plan ? go straight to the source.
UW-Madison follows emerging trend by slicing MOOCs into smaller servings
Capital Times
UW-Madison is not the only university opting for shorter MOOCs after disappointing course completion rates, Inside Higher Ed reports.
UW likes new NCAA autonomy rule, but former student-athletes are torn
WKOW
The Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 will have the ability to implement some rules on their own, including a stipend for athletes that goes beyond currently allowed limits of tuition, room and board, books and fees.
UW-Madison Receives Record Number Of Applications, While Rest Of System Sees Decline
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin-Madison says it received a record number of applications for its incoming freshman class, while most other UW System schools experienced a decline in applications.
?Once you?re a Badger, you?re always a Badger:? Alums celebrate UW-Madison Day at the State Fair!
Fox 6 TV, Milwaukee
Madison is less than two hours away from Milwaukee, but for some, the city seems a world away! The Wisconsin State Fair on Wednesday, August 6th celebrated ?UW-Madison Day.? The leaders of the state?s flagship university and the State Fair have developed the annual event in an effort to get the Dairy State to see red.
Funding shortfalls deny state aid to 41,000 eligible Wisconsin college students
Capital Times
Shortfalls in state funding meant that more than 41,000 Wisconsin students did not receive need-based financial aid for which they were eligible, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau reports.
UW-Madison?s Darrell Bazzell says Shell will stay open during rec facilities rebuild
Capital Times
UW-Madison students will have access to the ?Shell? while other recreational sports facilities on campus are renovated, says Darrell Bazzell, vice chancellor for finance and administration.
For its second round of MOOCs, U. of Wisconsin at Madison embraces modularity
Inside Higher Education
Massive open online courses will return to the University of Wisconsin at Madison next year — or something that looks like them will, anyway. Having reviewed the results from its first round of MOOCs, the institution will offer new courses that are shorter, cover fewer topics and target Wisconsinites.
Subject of massive search at UW-Madison died of self-inflicted gunshot
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
An armed suicidal woman who prompted several alerts, evacuations and a massive search effort Tuesday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said Wednesday.
UW-Madison expects second-largest class in 9 years
WMTV
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is expecting its second-largest class of state-resident freshmen in nine years this fall.
Woman suffers life-threatening injury after shooting self, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
A woman who led police on a day-long search through fields and woods on Madison?s West Side after causing a disturbance at a nearby clinic shot herself Tuesday afternoon as authorities closed in, UW-Madison police said.
UW-Madison hits application record, with overall and Wisconsin numbers up from last year
Wisconsin State Journal
Total applications for incoming freshmen increased by about 400 for Wisconsin residents from the previous year, the university announced Tuesday. In-state freshman enrollment is expected to hit about 3,700, down slightly from last year but still the second-highest it?s been since 2005. Total freshman enrollment won?t be released by the school until after classes begin.
UW-Madison police searching for suicidal, possibly armed woman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Campus police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are searching Tuesday for a suicidal woman who is possibly armed.
UW-Madison records record for freshman applications
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a record number of freshman applications for this fall and accepted nearly three of every four Wisconsin residents who applied, the university announced Tuesday.
Sexual assault case prompts UW football recruiting rule changes
Channel 3000
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Sexual assault case prompts UW football recruiting rule changes
Channel 3000
The University of Wisconsin football program will no longer let freshman players serve as student hosts for recruits after an incident in December 2013 led to sexual assault charges.
UW-Madison making next round of MOOCs shorter, more Wisconsin focused
Wisconsin State Journal
By conventional education standards, UW-Madison?s first round of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, had an extremely rough start.